Well the year is off to a roaring start! I started out the year with 19 students and then about 5 weeks into the school year, Surprise, 11 new students. Long story but lets just say it was like starting over! Good thing the new students were up for the challenge of learning new routines and procedures and the old students were happy to help them! We are plugging along and have started many new things. We are partaking in the Global Read Aloud and have been learning about and practicing Blogging! This week we move from paper blogs to the real thing! We have been learning about and using the Notice and Note Strategies from the book of the same title by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst. Of course our Daily 5 routines are established and we are working hard on building stamina and becoming better readers and writers! My biggest challenge is keeping up with the Word Work. It was much easier with only 19! Anyone have advice on making this valuable method of word study flow?